Acts 12 Footnotes
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12:17 James (Jesus’s brother) was not a follower of Jesus during his ministry (Jn 7:5); he became a believer upon Jesus’s resurrection (Ac 1:14; 1Co 15:7) and later emerged as a leader in the Jerusalem church (Ac 21:18; Gl 2:19).
12:23 Herod Agrippa’s arrogance resulted in God justly striking him down. Estimations of the disease range from appendicitis, to poisoning, to parasites, to an intestinal blockage. Josephus also recounted this incident (Antiquities 19).